I'm Nick Wilmshurst, a media professional with more than 25 years of experience, largely at the BBC. I now run Ginger Wizard Productions, helping people plan, record, edit and distribute podcasts that stand out from the crowd. I value creativity and enjoy crafting engaging audio. With thousands of hours on live radio, I bring editorial accuracy, clear storytelling, and a collaborative approach to clients across health, design, charities and industry.…

Nick Wilmshurst

I'm Nick Wilmshurst, a media professional with more than 25 years of experience, largely at the BBC. I now run Ginger Wizard Productions, helping people plan, record, edit and distribute podcasts that stand out from the crowd. I value creativity and enjoy crafting engaging audio. With thousands of hours on live radio, I bring editorial accuracy, clear storytelling, and a collaborative approach to clients across health, design, charities and industry.…

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I’m Nick Wilmshurst, a media professional with more than 25 years of experience, largely at the BBC. I now run Ginger Wizard Productions, helping people plan, record, edit and distribute podcasts that stand out from the crowd.

I value creativity and enjoy crafting engaging audio. With thousands of hours on live radio, I bring editorial accuracy, clear storytelling, and a collaborative approach to clients across health, design, charities and industry.

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Experience Level

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead producer at Ginger Wizard Productions
January 1, 2024 - Present
Own and run this company. Help people come up with ideas, record, edit and distribute podcasts to help them stand out from the podcasting crowd. Took on a company, concepted an idea and propelled them into the top 10% of all podcasts globally. Spotify show linked: https://open.spotify.com/show/2vgDNoU41QtArMYHf4h7xJ
Senior Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Leeds
January 1, 2018 - November 1, 2023
Shaped the daily news agenda on Breakfast and mid-morning show as Editor and SJ. Coordinated journalists, produced presenters, shaped stories, edited audio and scripts, and maintained quality control. Also appeared regularly as a voice on air.
Journalist at BBC Yorkshire
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018
Worked on the BBC Yorkshire website, generating content and developing stories to feature on main indexes. Chased leads and wrote up stories.
Broadcast Journalist at BBC Breakfast
December 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Worked on Britain’s most-watched TV Breakfast show. Created stories and sequences, wrote scripts, guest research, video editing, GFX creation, briefing creation and working under pressure.
Breakfast Editor at BBC Radio Leeds
April 1, 2007 - December 1, 2014
Shaped the daily news agenda on Breakfast and mid-morning shows. Coordinated journalists, produced presenters, shaped stories, edited audio and scripts, and maintained quality control.
Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Lincolnshire
August 1, 2002 - April 1, 2007
Presented a weekly youth music show, engineered live sessions, and supported the Drivetime show. Managed production of Drivetime, booked guests, created audio, and maintained show quality.
Volunteer Broadcast Assistant at BBC Radio Lincolnshire
September 1, 1999 - August 1, 2002
Worked on the youth music show and produced a live gigs segment. Freelance broadcast assistant before joining staff.

Education

BTEC Popular Music at Boston College
September 1, 1998 - April 29, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
    uniE603 Why the Fork?
    I connected with the owner of a product design company who "wanted to do a podcast". I think initially he simply wanted an interview style show about product design, but I pitched him a concept he LOVED. The idea was to create something that went beyond the usual chat podcast, and created a true piece of entertainment. It was fairly simple, a podcast about the history of everyday objects like the tin opener, the backpack, washing machine and toaster. It gave people some genuine interest to click "play", fire their curiosity and learn something about an object they might use everyday, but have no real idea about how it came to be. I brought in an external voice to the company to host the entire show, so that it wasn't a hard sell from the owner. However, the owner of the company was used in the podcast to talk about the story and give their thoughts on the object's development. We then also created another segment about the future of the object, which then gave the owner an opportunity to network with people from the industry. This production is a mix of narrative and interview style podcasts. With the story element at the beginning requiring a lot of production work with sound effects (some of which I had to make) and music to keep the pace and feel up, as well as the traditional interview editing. music master…